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1000 BCE
Bananas
Bananas spread as crop and food to China and parts of the Middle East -
1000 BCE
Suger Cane
originated in Southeast Asia and then reached India by 1000 BCE -
771 BCE
Zhou Kingdom
Zhou Kingdom ends in China -
600 BCE
Religion Spread
Between 600 and 300 BCE, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism spread across the Bay of Bengal to Southwest Asia. -
600 BCE
Trade networks
three large trade networks developed between 600 BCE and 600 CE: the Silk Road, the Indian Ocean Trade, and the Saharan Trade -
600 BCE
Coins
Greek coins were introduced -
600 BCE
Iron and Silk
Silk was introduced into the trade system by china. Silk was highly prized in India, the Middle East and the Roman Empire -
507 BCE
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic begins -
500 BCE
Cinnamon
Cinnamon and cassia arrived in the Gulf of Aden on the monsoon winds at least from around 500 BEC -
430 BCE
Plague
The Athenian Plague killed 1/3 of the population. -
356 BCE
Art Trade
Alexander the great founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt, and became the major center of art and trade. -
334 BCE
Alexander the Great
Alexander the great conquers western Asia -
321 BCE
Expansion
there was a great expansion trade between the main centers of civilization in Eurasia ad Africa -
300 BCE
Land Trade
By 300-200 B.C. land trade routes extended across the desert. -
206 BCE
Rules in China
Han Dynasty rules in china until 221 CE -
200 BCE
Funan
Funan's ships controlled trade between China and India. -
100 BCE
Pepper
Peppercorns were and important part of the spice trade -
50 BCE
Funan
dominates Indochina and the Isthmus of Kra in Southeast Asia -
31 BCE
Caesar
Caesar Augustus rules the Roman Empire -
431
Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian War was where the Athens and Sparta fought over rival claims to a colonial city-state.